Ngāti Maru Trust v Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Whaia Maia Ltd - [2021] 3 NZLR 352

Resource management — Resource consent — Jurisdiction of Environment Court — Resource consent conditions dealing with mana whenua engagement — Preliminary question — Jurisdiction to make findings on primary mana whenua status — Environment Court reframing agreed question — Jurisdiction to reframe question — Substantive unfairness — Whether procedural error — Environment Court’s jurisdiction to determine tikanga-based rights — Opportunity to be heard on reframed question — Treaty of Waitangi.

Tikanga — Resource consents — Resource consent conditions dealing with mana whenua engagement — Environment Court’s jurisdiction to make findings on primary mana whenua status — Environment Court’s jurisdiction to determine tikanga-based rights in resource management context — Treaty of Waitangi.